Word: risner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...afraid? Not so that you could notice it. "Fear," says Risner, "is a luxury one can't afford." Anyhow, he has faith. "I believe in God. I'm already at peace with myself. If death comes, I only hope that it comes quickly and that I won't be sorry...
...unlikely he has any sorrow about how he has lived his life. For Robbie Risner considers himself "the luckiest man in the world to be doing what I'm doing...
Like almost every other American combatant in Viet Nam, Risner feels strongly that most American citizens fail to understand the nature of the war - and the extent of the U.S. effort. He would be the first to agree with Admiral Moorer's statement that "this war is being fought by a very few dedicated, hard-working people in a peace time atmosphere." On the ground, at sea and in the air, those dedicated people daily risk the ultimate sacrifice (see casualty box, p. 25). In the experiences and attitudes of a few can be told the story of most...
...that statement, Ayres certainly spoke for the vast majority of American fighting men in Viet Nam - for Risner and Rogers, for Skunk Hunter Hunt and for Mac the Fac, for Niedringhaus and Necaise, for Dodson and Bradley and McNeil...
That is about all Risner and his fellow fighting men could or would...